Lecture course in the Winter Semester 2017/18

Supergeometry and Supergravity

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First lecture on October 16

Description

Ideas of supersymmetry play a central role in formal theoretical high-energy physics and in
relating quantum theory to geometry. In AdS/CFT, classical supergravity is the starting
point for understanding strongly coupled quantum field theory.
The aim of this course is to discover the mathematical foundations of supersymmetry
and to learn the geometric language underlying classical supergravity.

Prerequisites:
Solid knowledge of differential geometry, basics of Lie theory and symmetric spaces,
some quantum field theory and general relativity.